History Recap / MashS9E6AWarForAllSeasons

* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title of the episode is a play on ''Theatre/AManForAllSeasons''.

* FormulaBreakingEpisode: We're not just shown {{random events|plot}}, but random events from the course of an entire year.

Some of the events that take place at the 4077th between the New Years of 1951 and 1952 are recounted via a series of vignettes.

Some of the events at the 4077th between the New Years of 1951 and 1952 are recounted via a series of vignettes.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: When the Giants win the pennant, Mulcahey can be seen planting a BigDamnKiss on Margaret in the chow hall.

* WaxingLyrical: When Charles gets upset at B.J. and Hawkeye listening to the song "Ragg Mopp" on their new radio, Hawkeye responds, "Hey, Daddy-o, you don't dig our 'raddy-o', get off our patio!"[[note]]Fatio![[/note]]

* PopCulturePunBasedTitle: From ''Theatre/AManForAllSeasons''.

* WaxingLyrical: When Charles gets upset at B.J. and Hawkeye listening to the song "Ragg Mopp" on their new radio, Hawkeye responds, "Hey, Daddy-o, you don't dig our 'raddy-o', get off our patio!"

* TheDeterminator: Hawkeye and B.J. are determined to make their own kidney machine so they can avoid the risk of having patients with belly wounds die while being shipped to 11th Evac Hospital, the only hospital with an artificial kidney machine. Margaret is also determined to finish her sewing project, even though it goes from being a pot holder to a scarf to a sweater, eventually becoming a blanket.

--> '''Mulcahy''': My ''corn''! You ''creamed'' it!! You... you '''''ninny'''''!

* MeaningfulEcho: At the beginning of the episode, which takes place on New Year's Day of 1951, Col. Potter tells the camp, "Here's to the new year. May she be a damned sight better than the old one, and may we all be home before she's over." in an optimistic to e He says the same thing at the end of the episode, which is New Year's Day of 1952, in a more broken, resigned, tone.

* MeaningfulEcho: At the beginning of the episode, which takes place on New Year's Day of 1951, Col. Potter tells the camp, "Here's to the new year. May she be a damned sight better than the old one, and may we all be home before she's over." He says the same thing at the end of the episode, which is New Year's Day of 1952.

* ContinuitySnarl: This episode takes place from New Year's 1951 until New Year's 1952. However, the episode "[[Recap/MashS4E1WelcomeToKorea Welcome to Korea]]" explicitly established that Potter arrived at the 4077th on September 19, 1952, well after the time frame of this episode, with Winchester arriving at an even later (though undisclosed) date.

* ContinuitySnarl: This episode takes place from New Year's 1951 until New Year's 1952. However, the episode "[[Recap/MashS4E1WelcomeToKorea Welcome to Korea]]" explicitly established that Potter arrived at the 4077th on September 19, 1952, well after the time frame of this episode.

* TheDeterminator: Hawkeye and B.J. are determined to make their own kidney machine so they can avoid the risk of having patients with belly wounds die while being shipped to 11th Evac Hospital, the only hospital with an artificial kidney machine. Margaret is also determined to finish her sewing project, even though it goes from being a pot holder to a scarf to a sweater.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Father Mulcahy grows corn in his garden so the camp can have corn-on-the-cob for their Fourth of July picnic - only to find out, to his anger, Igor has made creamed corn from it instead.

* TemptingFate: The National League pennant race is full of this - the SideBet Klinger and Col. Potter have about the race (Klinger is picking the Dodgers, while Potter picks his hometown team the St. Louis Cardinals) has Col. Potter predicting the Dodgers will fold by July 4th. When they don't, Charles gets involved in the bet, and predicts the Dodgers will hold fast against the Giants, especially when they're up 13 1/2 games over them in August.

!!Attention all personnel! The following tropes can be found at the 4077th over the course of a year.